In solido

In the civil law. For the whole; as a whole. An obligation in solido is one where each of the several obligors is liable for the whole; that is, it is joint and several. Possession in solidum is exclusive possession. When several persons obligate themselves to the obligee by the terms "in solido," or use any other expressions which clearly show that they intend that each one shall be separately bound to perform the whole of the obligation, it is called an "obligation in solido" on the part of the obligors. Civil Code La. art. 2082.

a term used in the civil law, to Signy that a contract is joint. Obligations are ix soltdo, first, between several creditors; secondly, between several debtors.—1. When a person contracts the obligation of one and the same thing, in favour of several others, each of these is only creditor for his own share, but he may con tract with each of them for the whole when such is the intention of the parties, so that each of the perwhole, but that a payment made to any one liberates the debtor against them all. This is called. solidity of obligation. Poth. Obl. pt. 2, c. 3, art. 7. “Vhe common law is exactly the reverse of this, for a general obligation in favour of several persons, is a joint-oblization to them all, unless the nature of the subject, or the particularity of the expression lead to a ditte rent conclusion. Evans’s Poth. vol. 2, p. 56. See tit. Joint and Several; Parties to action.—2. An obligation is contracted zn solido on the part of the debtors, when each of them is obliged for the whole, but so that a payment made by one liberates them all. Poth. pt. 2, c. 3, art. 7,8. 1